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Forza Horizon 2 |OT| Rock You Like a Huracan

If I'm the Niven you are talking about I apologies :)

Yeah, I let your drivatar get first in the first two races in a Championship and you got far enough ahead that I realized if I got first and you got second on the next two I would still lose out. So I was stressing having to both aim for first and try to sabotage your drivatar to make sure it wouldn't get second. Thankfully on one of the races you ended up doing very poorly and I had some breathing room.
 

Grisby

Member
Argh, I've been 2 or 3 seconds short on this #13 Bowler bucket list challenge for a while now.

Gonna give it a rest before I blow an artery.
 

ahartig

Member
Argh, I've been 2 or 3 seconds short on this #13 Bowler bucket list challenge for a while now.

Gonna give it a rest before I blow an artery.

I feel your pain. I was literally 0.5 to 0.2 seconds short about 3 times in a row. Finally passed it after the 10th or 11th try. It was a blast though, especially with the classical music blaring in the back. Such a gorgeous game.
 

Gestault

Member
It says I redeemed 100,000 CR on forzamotorsport.net but they haven't been applied in-game. Anyone know what's going on?

There's a notice, that says it takes up to four hours to be applied.

It may be something different from the normal wait time. I still don't have my Tier 5 rewards, which I think may be related to the server traffic issue. The Forza Hub hasn't been available for me, and I have a feeling that may be what "triggers" it in Horizon 2.
 

Ray Wonder

Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Argh, I've been 2 or 3 seconds short on this #13 Bowler bucket list challenge for a while now.

Gonna give it a rest before I blow an artery.

I thought Arthur Gies said the difficulty didn't go up as the game went on though?
 

zorbsie

Member
Made a quick and dirty map for anyone looking for exact barn find locations.
I'll make it a link, too big and some might consider it spoilers. Map here.

Working on a bonus boards map too. I've got 101/150. This last ones are tough to find.

Anyone able to get into the club lately? I keep getting an "unknown error."

It's been up and down since last night. I wanted to send out some invite today but nothing doing.
 

Gestault

Member
I thought Arthur Gies said the difficulty didn't go up as the game went on though?

Aurther Gies also criticized a new game with a deliberate open-world structure for not being the same closed-circuit tracks that constitute the bulk of the sim genre. He also didn't think it would be useful to attempt higher difficulties, for the sake of his review, to see if it had an effect on the difficulty curve over the course of the game.

He's not exactly what I'd call a thoughtful reviewer, based on his writing.
 

corporateslave

Neo Member
Has anyone been playing this on 360? I have a copy on the way but all the comments here seem to be xbone players. Also the 360 version has no reviews and appears to have zero dlc. Can anyone playing the 360 version let know if the last Gen version is at least as good as fh1?
 

Grisby

Member
I feel your pain. I was literally 0.5 to 0.2 seconds short about 3 times in a row. Finally passed it after the 10th or 11th try. It was a blast though, especially with the classical music blaring in the back. Such a gorgeous game.
Yeah, the classical deal is a nice touch.
I thought Arthur Gies said the difficulty didn't go up as the game went on though?
I didn't read his review. The bucket list has different types of event difficulties. Some re labeled medium, hard, etc.

It definitely goes up in difficulty.
 

arhra

Member
haha, funny, clearly someone has only been to england and assumed that all of europe drives on the left. I think the only countries that drive on the left are commonwealth countries, correct?

Not quite "only", as there's various countries in Asia (Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, etc), and a bunch of Pacific island countries that all drive on the left, and aren't former British possessions.
 

RoKKeR

Member
Holy shit I just remembered about Suspend/Resume.

Best feature ever. Thought I was going to have to restart the "Drive to Nice" thing. Nope! Here I am, picking up where I left off on Tuesday.
 

Ray Wonder

Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Aurther Gies also criticized a new game with a deliberate open-world structure for not being the same closed-circuit tracks that constitute the bulk of the sim genre. He also didn't think it would be useful to attempt higher difficulties, for the sake of his review, to see if it had an effect on the difficulty curve over the course of the game.

He's not exactly what I'd call a thoughtful review, based on his writing.

I agree, I read his review.

I didn't read his review. The bucket list has different types of event difficulties. Some re labeled medium, hard, etc.

It definitely goes up in difficulty.

Thank goodness.
 

KePoW

Banned
It may be something different from the normal wait time. I still don't have my Tier 5 rewards, which I think may be related to the server traffic issue. The Forza Hub hasn't been available for me, and I have a feeling that may be what "triggers" it in Horizon 2.

Not available as in you can't run the App?
 
Anyone able to get into the club lately? I keep getting an "unknown error."

The option is still locked for me, and I'm surely past the point where it becomes available.

Just to confirm, you should be given an option to join a club after the third championship race and the
"Train in Vain"
Showcase, right?
 

Krilekk

Banned
There's a notice, that says it takes up to four hours to be applied.

That's not it, they are first trying to get the servers stable for Horizon 2, then they're gonna send out Forza Rewards (cars and money).

Clubs don't work for the same reason right now. GAF is at 111 members and stayed there for hours because nobody can join any club right now.
 

KePoW

Banned
The option is still locked for me, and I'm surely past the point where it becomes available.

Just to confirm, you should be given an option to join a club after the third championship race and the
"Train in Vain"
Showcase, right?

Yes. (well you have to drive a bit further after the Showcase)

You sure you don't have Club tab in the Start menu?
 

arhra

Member
I was replying to a post about the Commonwealth... There's only one country in Europe that is part of the Commonwealth..

Three, actually. They're easy to overlook, both being small island countries, but Malta and Cyprus are both members, in addition to the UK.

Oh, and the initial assertion would still be incorrect even if restricting it only to European countries, thanks to Ireland.

Can it be Friday yet? Knowing that you all are playing and I can't is driving me slowly crazy.
 
I just got access this morning (with an error that wouldn't allow me to join). You have to complete the drive to the festival destination before the option becomes available.

Well to be clear, you have to reach another Destination after the Showcase

Been there, done that. Heck, I've completed the championship at the next hub after you return to the Festival, and still nothing.

EDIT: Fixed it. I'd blocked user-created content in my privacy settings to disable Drivatar designs, and after unblocking, the option to club-up is now available. Attempting to join now gives me the same unknown error that others are experiencing. Yay.
 
Been having a blast with the game. I've been mainly just exploring and doing the bucket list challenges. Had to give up on #10 Lancia Delta S4 one for now.

My only complaint with the game so far is in the tuning menu. I could be wrong, but I am almost positive that when upgraded or added a turbo or supercharger in FM5 that it altered the sound of your car. You could hear the turbo blowback and supercharger whine. Small detail that I miss, always thought the attention to detail was cool.
 

mrklaw

MrArseFace
Great , and if I buy giftcards from Target it's as simple as changing my region to the US, redeeming them and buying the game ?


Yes,nyou can actually try switching regions on xbox and buying direct. It accepts my debit card where PSN won't. Add a fake address to Oregon for no sales tax
 
Argh, I've been 2 or 3 seconds short on this #13 Bowler bucket list challenge for a while now.

Gonna give it a rest before I blow an artery.

Fastest way between two points is a straight line. You have to literally ignore the roads as the challenge says.even the route they draw up.
 

B-Dex

Member
I don't know how QA missed it but the song titles for the classic station are a track behind.

The William tell overture came on and it said it was a different song. Then once it finished it said the next song, which is some somber kind of depressing sounding one, was the William tell overture.

Glad VIP and dlc are working now though. Won 4 cars with my spins too!!!
 

KePoW

Banned
Been there, done that. Heck, I've completed the championship at the next hub after you return to the Festival, and still nothing.

EDIT: Fixed it. I'd blocked user-created content in my privacy settings to disable Drivatar designs, and after unblocking, the option to club-up is now available. Attempting to join now gives me the same unknown error that others are experiencing. Yay.

haha interesting to know

but why would you want to block Drivatars?!?
 
I was doing that but it's hard to dodge the trees. Wasn't really following the route.

When you are coming up to a cluster of trees, you will see the tree tops before you see the trunks. Pick two tree tops out that are next to each other and you will almost always split them without hitting the trunks.
 
Glad VIP and dlc are working now though. Won 4 cars with my spins too!!!
Everything's good now?

I played a little bit before bed last night and noticed there were a few free cars in the autoshow and I was able to pick designs for most of them, but it was incomplete. I take it everything is working now? Any we-'re-sorry-for-fucking-up-two-releases-in-a-row freebies in store by chance?
 

U2NUMB

Member
Edit: Looks like you have to progress further to unlock clubs, got it!

Yep... once you beat the
Train
You have a quick drive to a new spot then it comes up on screen as a menu right in your face.. just search GAF as the tag and you are in!
 
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